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In the video Mr Boehner explains to a group of girls why the monkey is in his office.

He said: ‘[The monkey’] sits in my office on the coffee table because this [pointing at it] is me. That’s what I do all day [as the monkey claps]. My staff wind me up about every 15 minutes and I do my thing.’

Fame: The monkey is the second-most photographed item in the Speaker’s office, after the Speaker himself

In the video Mr Boehner explains to a group of girls why the monkey is in his office

Gift: Mr Boehner was given the monkey in 2011 after he joked that his busy schedule made him feel like a wind-up toy

Listening in: The monkey sits on Mr Boehner's coffee table during a meeting in his office

Photobomb: The clapping simian in his customary position in the Speaker's office

Center of attention: The monkey always sits in the middle of meetings

It was recently revealed that Mr Boehner is almost unmatched when it comes to fundraising for the Republican party.

He has raised more than $43million for accounts under his direct control and helped amass tens of millions more for Republican allies.

The Ohio lawmaker accounts for about one-fifth of the cash collected by House Republicans' campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee. Boehner has written almost $18 million in checks to the group, which has raised $101 million this campaign cycle.